Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.

Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance.